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Subject Topic: I am lost, please help :) Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonAlbus
30/8/2015 at 12:16pm
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Hello,

I have bought a lunar caravan (year 1997, solar model) to a guy that he did not use it much, and he was not able to answer all my requirements.

Well, I have discovered how most of the things work inside the caravan just testing and touching but there are 3 things I can not figure out, so they are:

1. How to fill the blue liquid for the WC (I know it is outside the caravan and where, but I just do not know how)

2. The water at the shower does not come up (sink and toilette are ok and water comes up). I turned on the taps but nothing happened :( , so I wonder if I have to press or switch something else inside the caravan.

3. I have bought a gas bottle for the heater and gas cooker/oven. So I ask: once the bottle is connected ouside, beside to press the button that says "gas or water", should I do anything else?

Well, that is all by now, hope you can help me

Thanks in advance.


PersonPickled Onion
30/8/2015 at 2:16pm
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Hi Albus & welcome to the forum. I am sure you will get all your questions answered on here.

1, The blue (or green too nowadays) toilet fluid is introduced via the emptying spout on the cassette unit, (the bit at the bottom, no pun intended). Amounts are usually listed on the bottle but roughly 90 mls or so and a little water.

2. Water to shower is pump fed, if it is the only one not working then perhaps a microswitch in tap is defective.

3. Gas, there will be a main isolator tap and probably individual feeds to everything that uses it. Note it will take a few seconds to flow through the empty pipe at first.
Good luck mate

Dave

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PersonAlbus
30/8/2015 at 6:37pm
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Hello,

I understand now where to introduce the blue/green fluid (I think, should try so)

I agree with you about the shower, maybe is something todo with taps, the most problably, the microswitch you mentioned.

I am sure there is valve for the gas, but I do not where... :(

Thanks a lot

Lydia


PersonPickled Onion
30/8/2015 at 8:38pm
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Hello Lydia,

You seem ok with toilet liquids so lets try some of the others tasks.

I have a compound valve that isolates my cooker, water heater and gas fire independantly but from one place, in mine it just happens to be in the area under the oven, it may well be different for you, they also have an additional one close to each. Yours could be in a wardrobe or under a seat. Perhaps someone reading this can enlighten us?

Now for the shower, if you can hear a pump run when you turn on a kitchen or washhand basin tap but it doesn't for the shower then it's got to be the tap. Have you got an external pump that sits in the water container? If so it is controlled by microswitches, as on-board pumps usually run with pressure switches instead, they turn the pump on when the pressure drops as a tap is opened. Shower microswitches don't get as much use as the others so can fail because they get corroded and can usually be replaced rather than the complete unit.

Dave.

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Persontrevlunar
30/8/2015 at 10:51pm
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re shower not working, i had a slightly older lunar and on the shower head was a small button on both sides to allow you to stop water running (saved having to adjust taps back to right temp) may be worth a look.

trevor


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PersonAlbus
31/8/2015 at 10:41am
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Thanks guys I am going to take a look of everything and will let you know what :)
Thanks a lot!


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31/8/2015 at 11:53am
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Lydia,

Pickled Onion is right. In our Lunar there are three places the gas can be turned on/off:

1. check the actual gas bottle tap is open (making sure the hose is correctly fitted).
2. A few inches from that is the gas regulator value (mounted on the body of the van inside the gas locker) and underneath that is a shut-off isolator.
3. Inside the van there is a small cupboard underneath the cooker. There is a three-way manifold* and each junction has a shut-off isolator.

* three-way because the gas supply goes to the cooker, the water heater and the fridge.

Does that help?


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31/8/2015 at 1:24pm
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Hi Lydia
In 1997 there were 5 models in the Solar range, 462/4/5 and the 505 and 524.
I have located the 1997 Lunar leaflet covering all these models and whilst it does not address your particular questions it does cover all the key dimensions. If you want it, let me know and I can send it as an attachment to an email as I do not know how to link it to this message.......Doh!
Regards
TV8P



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